The Competitiveness Council took place against the background of the broad priorities of the Latvian presidency to achieve a competitive and digital Europe. It included debates on those areas where the EU's single market and a dynamic innovation policy can increase Europe's capacity to deliver economic growth and jobs.

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Competitiveness Council: extracts from the press conference by Dana REIZNIECE-OZOLA, Latvian Minister for Economics, and Elżbieta BIEŃKOWSKA, Member of the EC in charge of Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, in Berlin: meeting with Reiner HOFFMANN, President of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)- welcome by Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, and group photo- cutaways Momentum for Europe - Innovation and Competitiveness EIB Conference